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Need some tips for writing essays on literature? How about you check our free samples of literature essay topics or order an essay today and leave the hard task for us? Like all academic papers, literature essay topics require you to think critically and produce strong arguments. The outline is similar to most types of essays but what makes it unique is the language style in addition to the contextual analysis. We have tips we would like to share with you concerning every section of literary essays from the introduction to the conclusion. First, avoid giving a plot summary because readers are already familiar with it and focus on advancing an argument. However, you can mention some plot details and extra information to support your arguments.
Trickery is common in Greek mythology. Especially among Gods and Goddesses. They use their power of trickery to trick and deceive humans, to fulfill their wishes. An important figure in Greek mythology is Metis. She is the Goddess of wisdom and intelligence. Interestingly enough, Odysseus...
Death is commonly reflected in Greek mythology. Many epics, myths, and short stories include death in their plot or theme. For instance, the short story of Pyramus and Thisbe conveys the idea that when one dies, it does not mean the other should too. However,...
Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler, conveys many similar topics from history, such as slavery, not having equal rights, and decrease of civilization, which is what makes it diffcult to put the book under one genre classification. Regardless, Butler is able to fit...
Introduction The novel, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, takes place in a post-apocalyptic society where there is little to no hope left for the remaining survivors on Earth. Many people have given up on saving the world and now result to taking what’s...
Book analysis It is the year 2024. American society is at the brink of an environmental and economic apocalypse. A young girl in Robledo, California knows she can no longer accept the dormancy and perpetual degradation of the status quo and must find a way...
William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, is acknowledged as a representation of the inner workings of the human mind and illuminates the internal struggle Hamlet faces following the death of his father. The cause of Hamlet’s conflict is the sudden death of his father, his strained relationship...
American Literature is important today because it helps us learn from past mistakes. For example, in the story of Sarah Good we see how people were wrongfully accused of something so ridiculous, that many lost their lives for it. Sarah Good was convicted in 1692...
Living in a society propelled by growth certainly has its advantages. Today, we are blessed to have the internet. The times of heading off to the library to take out books, and talking with an attendant at a desk for their aid in researching topics...
Racism is one of the most persistent and discussed problems in the world, particularly in the United States. As an underlying issue of many unjust acts, such as group hatred, racial prejudice tends to be a result of social ignorance and fear of privilege loss....
Hamlet’s life is centered around deception. Not only is he frequently the victim of deception from others, but he himself is also deceptive. Mostly everything he believes is false, and most of his manipulation is with the intent to help himself rather than hurt others....
In today’s society, people often put on a show and act like a different person when attempting to fit in. However, Shakespeare was a man well ahead of his time and incorporated the use of acting and faking many times throughout his plays in order...
If the struggles of life are too terrible to bear, why do people continue to live if they could commit suicide and end the anguish immediately? In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, the topics of mortality and the afterlife are...
Hamlet is truly one of the most famous tragedies of world theater history. Hamlet kicked off the period of Shakespeare’s tragic writing, which is his most profound historical psychological play. The work reflects the spirit of the era with the crisis and deadlock of the...
“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” (Hamilton). You and I, we both cry, we both bleed, and we will both die. One critical lens that sparked my interest the most while reading William Shakepeare’s Hamlet was the postcolonial lens, especially because of the...
In the essay “Mother Tongue” published in the American literacy journal, Amy Tan goes on to emphasize the struggles of identity, and expectations of the American and Asian society, through her two worlds of language. She demonstrates her point through her mother’s perspectives, as well...
Imagine moving to a foreign country overseas and not knowing your way around. You’re in need of guidance with directions, but you don’t speak the language of the country. Wouldn’t you feel lost? Clueless? Perhaps, excluded? This is what the author, Amy Tan, in “Mother...
“The Yellow Wallpaper” was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892. This story is about a distraught young women being confined to an attic room by her husband whom is also a doctor. The room is an old nursery with hideous yellow wallpaper and strong...
There are different ways that someone may cope with depression. Nowadays with modern technology, prescription medicine is available to take to help deal with the symptoms. Everyone is different, so that means that someone’s way of coping with depression isn’t going to be the same...
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American writer, lecturer and feminist intellectual whose literary output apart from being devoted to social, political and economic injustice in general, is mostly sacrificed to the rights of women and their unequal status in a society. The work which perfectly...